John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
189 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 189 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Be the day never so long, Evermore at last they ring to evensong. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. vii. |
| Note 1. Be the day short or never so long, At length it ringeth to even song. Quoted at the Stake by George Tankerfield (1555). Fox: Book of Martyrs, chap. vii. p. 346. [back] |